Essential Question: How are Internet resources effectively and efficiently located and organized?

• Learners will gain knowledge about using search engines to locate Internet information for classroom use that meets diverse learner needs.

• Learners will organize Internet resources using browser bookmarking features and will also become familiar with Web-based bookmarking tools.

• Learners will become acquainted with several tools that find classroom resources.

• Learners will determine how to use Internet safety resources in their classrooms.

Sign-in, Connectivity & Session Starter

• Pre-session Play:

Free Technology for Teachers Blog (Richard Byrne at Oxford Hills)

Wicked Decent Learning Podcast (Jeff Bailey at Mt. Valley and Dan Ryder at Mt. Blue)

Telstar Music & Art Teacher Blogs

Thinking about using Internet resources in the classroom is like …

Asking students to conduct Internet searches is like …

What Keeps You Awake at Night?

Effective Internet Searches

Google
Boolean Search on the Internet: A Primer in Boolean Logic
Boolify
http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.html
Four NETS for Better Searching
Meta-Search Engines
Clusty
Major Search Engines & Directories
Specialized Search Engines and Directories
Visual Search Engines: Kart00 SearchMe Quintura

Seeking Out Information

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